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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont. The notice lists the publication’s address and operating schedule.
The piece argues the Cuban issue has lost bite as Castro’s regime weakens. It credits the missile crisis and diplomacy for isolating Cuba while warning caution is needed to avoid harming Latin American reform efforts. The piece notes complacency may rise as fear faded, yet calls this a necessary price of reducing domestic political rancor.
The piece argues both Johnson and Goldwater campaigns rely on misrepresentation and emotional appeals. It notes tactics like insinuations about integrity, the role of wives on campaigns, fear of war, and the idea the public is swayed by passion rather than facts. It questions strategist assumptions about voter understanding.
In a vivid New York scene Kennedy dominates a Central Park rally for In ter-Faith Day as Keating faces a skeptical crowd. The piece argues Bobby Kennedy embodies a symbolic mystique influencing voters beyond policy, with New York’s Jewish vote split and the race shaped by aura, memory, and mass emotion rather than concrete platforms.
New York politics show a tightening Kennedy Keating contest with pollsters noting Kennedy’s slipping lead. Voters in New York City and upstate favor issue focus and electability, preferring veteran senator Keating over the outsider Kennedy. The GOP moderates’ role adds pressure as canvassing intensifies.
Middletown Press notes Senator Barry Goldwater revives old charges against President Johnson describing him as soft on communism. The piece lists several Goldwater quotes, including harsh views on education, government size, and military options, ending with a self-deprecating remark about his own intellect.
The NLRB upheld reinstatement of a worker fired after muttering an unflattering insult about a supervisor during a grievance meeting. The examiner ruled the remark tied to union activity and not protected, so the decision hinges on context and intent.
In Albany a nip and tuck Democratic and Republican battle for U S Senate unfolds between Robert F Kennedy and Kenneth B Keating. National importance rivals only Johnson Goldwater. Both camps deploy top figures as polls vary with Keating gaining ground in September. Kennedy mobilizes Kennedy family and Johnson aides while Keating garners Nixon Dewey Scranton Morton and Javits support.
A truck driver taking a civil service test admitted to belonging to an organization seeking to overthrow the government. When asked which group, he responded that it was the Republican party, provoking the examiner’s inquiry into the veracity of his claim.
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